Amanda Lane

This project, run in collaboration with Natura Pacific, represented a field assessment of koala populations and habitat use across the City of Gold Coast using SAT survey and strip-transects at permanent monitoring points established by previous Biolink reporting. The outcomes of survey confirmed the widespread persistence of koalas on publicly held lands across the City

Biolink was engaged by Ipswich City Council to produce a conservation tool for systematically assessing Black Breasted Button Quail presence across Council’s network of Reserves. We became absorbed in the task of developing a field method for objectively assessing Black Breasted Button Quail presence, as well tools for identifying suitable habitat and determining associations with

Liverpool City Council considered the establishment of a koala-specific or wildlife-general hospital to serve a conservation function for the Liverpool Local Government Area and south-west Sydney more broadly, in line with recommendations stemming from the Koala Population and Habitat in NSW Parlimentary Inquiry (2019). Biolink was engaged to prepare a business case for such a

A baseline monitoring program was designed and implemented within the known range of the threatened Brush-tailed rock wallaby in Ipswich Local Government Area, Queensland on behalf of Ipswich City Council. This included the use of a fit-for-purpose survey technique developed by Biolink in a separate project for the Saving our Species (SoS) program (the survey

Biolink were contracted by Ipswich City Council to undertake an assessment of habitat use by koalas across Council’s Parks and Reserves including the Mount Grandchester, Flinders-Goolman and White Rock-Spring Mountain Conservation Estates. The project involved a review of historical koala records to examine changes in koala distribution over time, as well as field survey of

The successful long-term conservation of the koala population inhabiting the Burleigh Ridge to the east of the Pacific Highway is an important aspect of City of Gold Coast Council’s long-term koala management plans. Biolink undertook a Population Viability Analysis (PVA) of this population, modelling baseline data derived from details field surveys, as well as modelling

This project involved separate reports for Queensland and New South Wales, funded by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), to quantify the impacts of the 2019/20 bushfire events on koalas in the context of broader population trends across the two states, using international standards. With climate change and